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2016 schedule

Hristo Pavlov

The use of video cameras in astronomy has been increasing steadily in recent years. The lower cost and wide range of applications of modern video cameras are making them an interesting alternative for imaging in astronomy. In this talk, I will discuss the quality of scientific data that can be achieved with video systems in the areas of occultations, astrometry, variable stars and spectroscopy. Recently obtained and specific results will be also presented for all four covered areas.

Hristo has been an active occultation observer since 2007 with a few dozen video-recorded asteroidal occultations. He is the author of the free software packages Occult Watcher, Tangra and OccuRec and is also a co-author of the Astronomical Digital Video System (ADVS) and the ASCOM Video standard. In recent years, Hristo became involved in video observations of variable stars and video spectroscopy.